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FINANCE
'Stop kicking us three steps back'
By Dan Peters | 05 February 2020
Our annual local government finance survey shows most councils are planning to raise council tax ...
FINANCE
Our unsustainable finance system needs a reboot
By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2020
Heather Jameson says the finance system is increasingly unsustainable and local government has no...
FINANCE
Business rates blow
By Dan Peters | 04 February 2020
Plans to use business rates to fund local government have been dealt a major blow by a survey tha...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Rate relief delay expected
By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020
Changes to business rates reliefs that the Government wants to make from April will not be introd...
FINANCE
Welcome to the twenties
By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 January 2020
The new Government is rhetorically placing itself as a radical one that will move fast, says Dr ...
HOUSING
Districts need more certainty on funding
By Simone Hines | 28 January 2020
We need a better idea of proposals and transitional arrangements on New Homes Bonus and business ...
FINANCE
Deputy hits out at 'flawed' business rates system
By Dan Peters | 23 January 2020
Cannock Chase DC has expressed disappointment in the way Amazon-style warehouses are treated unde...
FINANCE
Councils losing £250m a year through business rates avoidance
By Dan Peters | 17 January 2020
Councils are losing £250m a year due to businesses avoiding paying their rates, new research has ...
FINANCE
Scottish Government resists business rates devolution plan
By Dan Peters | 16 January 2020
Public finance minister Kate Forbes has hit out at opposition proposals to devolve control of bus...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Government prepares for new rate reliefs
By Dan Peters | 14 January 2020
The Government has started to prepare the ground for the introduction of new business rate relief...
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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